Great story. Is there going to be a sequel. And as a side thought, if Daniel and Vala had kid and they how they got together, they would say Oh, ywah, your dad tried to kill me, turns out he was possessed by an angry Dragon spirit, I helped him solve the riddle, the Dragon was set free, we recieved a ton of gold, and then we got together. Imagine the looks on their faces!

I really like Daniel's overwhelming confusion about what's going on, he's as much a victim in all this as Vala, if I understood it well. I can't wait to see that curse lifted, hopefully Vala will be able to look past the incident too.